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ATtiny26(L)
1477G–AVR–03/05
EEPROM Data Register –
EEDR
• Bit 7..0 – EEDR7..0: EEPROM Data
For the EEPROM write operation, the EEDR Register contains the data to be written to
the EEPROM in the address given by the EEAR Register. For the EEPROM read oper-
ation, the EEDR contains the data read out from the EEPROM at the address given by
EEAR.
EEPROM Control Register –
EECR
• Bit 7..4 – RES: Reserved Bits
These bits are reserved bits in the ATtiny26(L) and will always read as zero.
• Bit 3 – EERIE: EEPROM Ready Interrupt Enable
When the I-bit in SREG and EERIE are set (one), the EEPROM Ready Interrupt is
enabled. When cleared (zero), the interrupt is disabled. The EEPROM Ready Interrupt
generates a constant interrupt when EEWE is cleared (zero).
• Bit 2 – EEMWE: EEPROM Master Write Enable
The EEMWE bit determines whether setting EEWE to one causes the EEPROM to be
written. When EEMWE is set (one), setting EEWE will write data to the EEPROM at the
selected address. If EEMWE is zero, setting EEWE will have no effect. When EEMWE
has been set (one) by software, hardware clears the bit to zero after four clock cycles.
See the description of the EEWE bit for an EEPROM write procedure.
• Bit 1 – EEWE: EEPROM Write Enable
The EEPROM Write Enable Signal – EEWE – is the write strobe to the EEPROM. When
address and data are correctly set up, the EEWE bit must be set to write the value in to
the EEPROM. The EEMWE bit must be set when the logical one is written to EEWE,
otherwise no EEPROM write takes place. The following procedure should be followed
when writing the EEPROM (the order of steps 2 and 3 is unessential):
1.
Wait until EEWE becomes zero.
2.
Write new EEPROM address to EEAR (optional).
3.
Write new EEPROM data to EEDR (optional).
4.
Write a logical one to the EEMWE bit in EECR.
5.
Within four clock cycles after setting EEMWE, write a logical one to EEWE.
Caution: An interrupt between step 4 and step 5 will make the write cycle fail, since the
EEPROM Master Write Enable will time-out. If an interrupt routine accessing the
EEPROM is interrupting another EEPROM access, the EEAR or EEDR Register will be
modified, causing the interrupted EEPROM access to fail. It is recommended to have
the Global Interrupt Flag cleared during all the steps to avoid these problems.
When the access time (typically 8.3 ms) has elapsed, the EEWE bit is cleared (zero) by
hardware. The user software can poll this bit and wait for a zero before writing the next
byte. When EEWE has been set, the CPU is halted for two cycles before the next
instruction is executed.
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
$1D ($3D)
MSB
LSB
EEDR
Read/Write
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
$1C ($3C)
–
–
–
–
EERIE
EEMWE
EEWE
EERE
EECR
Read/Write
R
R
R
R
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Initial Value
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
